...need to watch Raiders of the Lost Ark again.

They are all complaining the new movie was silly. I did find it silly, but it was still great. They say that it was very silly compared to the older movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Wrong.

After watching Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and rewatching Raiders of the Lost Ark, I couldn't see a difference in tone at all.

Yeah, Mutt swinging tress with the monkeys was silly. Marion hitting an Arab with a frying pan was also silly. Escaping an exploding atomic bomb in a lead lined 1950's fridge seems lucky, Indy getting out of the pit of snakes by making an old statue make a whole in the wall by guessing it was there was also lucky. Having brain dead villains seems kiddy, Belloq coming out of the bar with a burning hand and putting in the snow while crying like a Looney Tunes cartoon was also silly.

You are all held back by nostalgia, and so was I, but now I am not, and say that there is no difference between Raiders and Kingdom. And personally I will say Kingdom is better than Raiders because it was funner and had more action.

If you want a serious and mature Indy movie, then Temple of Doom is for you.

Also, on an unrelated note, Temple of Doom is my favorite Indy movie. It's just so good and I really liked it's story.